Faculty/Research
Berman, Doreen, Ph.D.
Bodnar, Richard J., Ph.D.
Borod, Joan C., Ph.D.
Bruder, Gerard, Ph.D.
Brumbaugh, Claudia, Ph.D.
Brumberg, Joshua, Ph.D.
Croll, Susan D., Ph.D.
Ehrlichman, Howard, Ph.D.
Farrell, William, Ph.D.
Fields, Lanny, Ph.D.
Flory, Janine, Ph.D.
Foldi, Nancy, Ph.D.
Foxe, John, Ph.D.
Golub, Sarit, Ph.D.
Gomes, Hilary, Ph.D.
Halperin, Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Hinton, Veronica, Ph.D.
Johnson, Ray, Jr., Ph.D.
Kest, Benjamin, Ph.D.
Kluger, Alan, Ph.D.
Li, Andrea, Ph.D.
Lizardi, Humberto, Ph.D.
Pytte, Carolyn L., Ph.D.
Rabin, Laura, Ph.D.
Ranaldi, Robert, Ph.D.
Ravdin, Lisa, Ph.D.
Sclafani, Anthony, Ph.D.
Sneed, Joel, Ph.D.
Sturmey, Peter, Ph.D.
Walder, Deborah, Ph.D.
Pytte, Carolyn L., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. Indiana University (Behavioral Neuroscience)
Email: carolyn.pytte@qc.cuny.edu
Office: RZ 378
Telephone: 718-997-4528
Lab: RZ 272
Telephone: 718-997-4528
Lab Webpage
Courses:
PSYC 248 Behavioral Neuroscience
Selected Publications:
Pytte, C.L., L. Wilbrecht, and J.R. Kirn. Neuron addition and loss in the song system: Regulation and function. In Behavioral Neurobiology of Birdsong (H.P. Zeigler and P. Marler, eds.) Cambridge University Press – in press 2008
Pytte, C.L., M. Gerson, and J. R. Kirn. 2007. Increasing stereotypy in adult zebra finch song correlates with a declining rate of adult neurogenesis. Developmental Neurobiology. 67:1699-1720.
Phan, M.L., Pytte, C.L., Vicario, D.S. 2006. Early auditory experience generates long-lasting memories that may subserve vocal learning in songbirds. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 103:1088-93.
Deregnaucourt, S., Mitra, P.P, Feher, O., Pytte, C., Tchernichovski, O. 2005. How sleep affects the developmental learning of bird song. Nature 433:710-716.
Research Summary:
My laboratory studies neurogenesis (the production of new neurons) in adulthood and juvenile development. To do this we use songbirds, which produce a large number of new neurons that are incorporated widely throughout the telencephenlon. We are interested in understanding such questions as: Why are new neurons incorporated only into specific brain regions? Why are only certain neuron types replaced by incoming neurons? How do new neurons insert themselves into existing circuits without disrupting behavior? And what behaviors upregulate new neuron production and survival?
Lab Members:
Undergraduate Students:
Queens College Neuroscience Majors Program
Carole Parent
MacCauley Honors College students, The Graduate Center
Sheeba Chacko
Sarah Oberlander
Christine Varghese
Sara Wildstein
Zhu Zhu